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" ... princely affairs, nor in regard of my continual service ; which is the cause that hath made me choose to write certain brief notes, set down rather significantly than curiously, which I have called Essays. The word is late, but the thing is ancient;... "
Introduction to the Literature of Europe: In the Fifteenth, Sixteenth and ... - Page 340
by Henry Hallam - 1839
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The works of Francis Bacon, Volume 5

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 616 pages
...affairs, nor in regard of my continual service ; which is the cause that hath made me choose to write certain brief notes, set down rather significantly...meditations, though conveyed in the form of epistles. These labours of mine, I know, cannot be worthy of your highness, for what can be worthy of you ? But...
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Writings historical. Letters

Francis Bacon - Philosophy - 1819 - 616 pages
...affairs, nor in regard of my continual service ; which is the cause that hath made me choose to write certain brief notes, set down rather significantly...meditations, though conveyed in the form of epistles. These labours of mine, I know, cannot be worthy of your highness, for what can be worthy of you? But...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Albans ..., Volume 5

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1824 - 624 pages
...affairs, nor in regard of my continual service ; which is the cause that hath made me choose to write certain brief notes, set down rather significantly...meditations, though conveyed in the form of epistles. These labours of mine, I know, cannot be worthy of your highness, for what can be worthy of you ? But...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 16

Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 pages
...affairs, nor in regard of my continual service; which is the cause that hath made me choose to write certain brief notes, set down rather significantly...meditations, though conveyed in the form of epistles. These labours of mine, I know, cannot be worthy of your highness, for what can be worthy of you 1 But...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England..: Essays ...

Francis Bacon - English prose literature - 1825 - 524 pages
...the cause that hath made me choose " to write certain brief notes, set down rather signi" ficantly than curiously, which I have called Essays. " The...meditations, " though conveyed in the form of epistles. These " labours of mine, I know, cannot be worthy of your " highness, for what can be worthy of you...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1825 - 538 pages
...the cause that hath made me choose " to write certain brief notes, set down rather signi" ficantly than curiously, which I have called Essays. " The...meditations, " though conveyed in the form of epistles. These " labours of mine, I know, cannot be worthy of your a highness, for what can be worthy of you...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1

Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 550 pages
...the cause that hath made me choose " to write certain brief notes, set down rather signi" ficantly than curiously, which I have called Essays. " The...meditations, " though conveyed in the form of epistles. These " labours of mine, I know, cannot be worthy of your ** highness, for what can be worthy of you...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: A New Edition:

Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1834 - 376 pages
...affairs, nor in regard of my continual service . which is the cause that hath made me choose to write certain brief notes, set down rather significantly than curiously, which I have called Essays. 1 be word is late, but the thing is ancient ; for Seneca's epistles to Lucilius, if you mark them well,...
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The Works of Lord Bacon: With an Introductory Essay, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1838 - 894 pages
...affairs, nor in regard of my continual service ; which is the cause that hath made me choose to write rotection and favour, These labours of mine I know cannot be worthy of your Highness ; for what can be worthy of you ? But...
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Shakspeare and His Times: Including the Biography of the Poet, Criticisms on ...

Nathan Drake - English literature - 1838 - 744 pages
...affairs, nor in regard of my continual service, which is the cause that hath made me chnse to write ing, as well amongst" him, as he lay along Under...place a poor sequester'd stag, That from the hunter arc but essays, that is, dispersed meditations, though conveyed in the form of epistles. "£ This invaluable...
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